The aim of the NORHED II project is to implement simulation-based education to strengthen the capacity and quality of nursing and midwifery education in Malawi and Tanzania. This will be accomplished by improving competencies and implement simulation-based education in study programs and produce research.
Ingrid Tjoflåt
NORAD- NORHED II
2021- 2026
17,6 mill NOK
We are proud to announce that the project currently has five PhD candidates (three PhD candidate from KUHeS and two PhD candidate from KCMUCo), an additional candidate started her Phd project in 2024.
The project is supported by NORAD through the NORHED II program for the period 2021–2026. The project is built on South-South-North partnerships and contributes to share knowledge and capacity building in simulation-based education.
Year 2024 has been an active year with several scientific publications, oral and poster posters presentations at international and national scientific conferences by the faculty at KUHeS, KCMUCo, UIS and the four PhD candidates at KUHES and KCMUCo. The international conferences attended were; 4th African Nursing Conference 2024 Gauteng, South Africa and SESAM Society for simulation in Europe in Prague.
The project has currently five PhD candidates (three PhD candidate from KUHeS and two PhD candidate from KCMUCo), an additional candidate started her Phd project in 2024. Nine master students funded by the project (7 from KUHeS and 2 from KCMUCo) are finalizing their thesis. One of the master students has already published a scientific article in an international journal.
To further strengthen nursing and midwifery lectures and clinical instructors’ competencies on simulation-based education several refreshers’ workshops in Malawi and Tanzania in 2024 has been conducted as well as establishing simulation corners in health institutions.
One of the highlights in March 2024 was the official opening of the simulation center at KUHeS and the approval of Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi simulation guidelines. The guidelines are distributed to all nursing and midwifery training institutions and health facilities as part of simulation-based education sustainability in Malawi.
To follow up the experiences of implementing simulation-based education in three regions in Malawi data collection was conducted in health care education settings and health care facilities in 2024.
The annual meeting with all the partners took place at KCMUCo in November. The NORHED II week in Malawi in October where NORAD has invited all Norwegian universities and partner institutions in Malawi gave the PI from KUHeS, the partners from UIS, two PhD students and three MSc students at KUHeS the opportunity to present the project to other participants, as well as to discuss potential for synergies/collaboration across the projects/initiatives.
2024 Publications:
Bwanali, Richard K.; Msiska, Gladys; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Bø, Bodil; Chimwaza, Angela (2024) The psychometric evaluation of the perceived perioperative competence scale-revised for Malawian student nurses. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences. ISSN 2214-1391. Volum 20. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100731
Kabondo, Charity; Tjoflåt, Ingrid; Furskog-Risa, Eva Christina; Kumbani, Lily; Kafulafula, Ursula (2024) Education of postpartum hemorrhage management clinical skills among midwifery students in Malawi: A qualitative study. Midwifery. ISSN 0266-6138. Volum 136. DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104106
Kabondo, Charity; Kafulafula, Ursula; Kumbani, Lily C; Furskog Risa, Eva Christina; Tjoflåt, Ingrid (2024) Examining lecturers’ questions and level of reflection during post-simulation debriefing in Malawi: A qualitative study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences. ISSN 2214-1391. Volum 21. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100771
Mwalabu, Gertrude; Msosa, Annie; Tjoflåt, Ingrid; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Bø, Bodil; Furskog-Risa, Eva Christina; Msiska, Masauko; Mapulanga, Patrick (2024) Simulation-based education to facilitate clinical readiness in nursing and midwifery programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-synthesis. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning. ISSN 2042-3896. Volum 14. Hefte 3. s.723-742. DOI: 10.1108/HESWBL-06-2023-0136
Mwalabu, Gertrude; Msosa, Annie; Tjoflåt, Ingrid; Furskog-Risa, Eva Christina; Mapulanga, Patrick; Bø, Bodil; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Msiska, Masauko (2024) Factors influencing implementation of simulation in nursing and midwifery training in Malawi. Health SA Gesondheid - Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (HSAG). ISSN 1025-9848. Volum 29. DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2422
Mwalabu, Gertrude; Msosa, Annie; Tjoflåt, Ingrid; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Bø, Bodil; Furskog-Risa, Eva Christina; Mapulanga, Patrick; Msiska, Masauko (2024) Simulation-Based Education as a Solution to Challenges Encountered with Clinical Teaching in Nursing and Midwifery Education in Malawi: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Nursing Management. ISSN 0966-0429. Volum 2024. Hefte 1. DOI: 10.1155/2024/1776533
Mapulanga, Patrick; Msiska, Masauko; Msosa, Annie; Tjoflåt, Ingrid; Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Bø, Bodil; Furskog Risa, Eva Christina; Mwalabu, Gertrude (2024) Strategies supporting the implementation of simulation-based education in nursing and midwifery in Malawi: A mixed methods study. African Journal of Health Professions Education. ISSN 2078-5127. Volum 16. Hefte 4. DOI: 10.7196/AJHPE.2024.v16i4.1116
SHARE RESEARCHERS
- Professor Ingrid Tjoflåt (project manager )
FACULTY
- Professor Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad
- Associate Professor Bodil Bø
- Associate Professor Eva Christina Risa
- Assocoate Professor Torunn Strømme
- Senior Adviser NORHED II Institutional coordinator Magdalena Brekke
PARTNERS
- Associate Professor Gertrude Mwalabu Principal Investigator, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi
- Associate Professor Annie Msosa , Co – Principal Investigator, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
- Associate Professor Masauko Msiska Co – Principal Investigator, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi
- Associate Professor Jane Rogathi , Principal Investigator, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Tanzania
- Assistant Professor Paulo Kidayi, Co – Principal Investigator, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Tanzania